Odell v. State Ex Rel. Field

On the 21st day of July, 1942, David L. Field, county attorney of Kiowa county, Okla., hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, filed a proceeding in the county court to confiscate one Ford 1940 coach for the reason that it was used in the illegal transportation of intoxicating liquor. Prior to the trial the defendant Tip Odell filed a motion to suppress the evidence for the reason that it was obtained by means of an illegal search. The trial court first sustained the motion to suppress the evidence, but upon proper 'application set the same aside and tried the cause before a jury. The evidence…